MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE

EPIC MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE // ELEKTRO BODY FORCE //

Besides his solo performances, Jay also performs with his collective ELEKTRO BODY FORCE and its epic multimedia performance. As the shows continue to evolve each year, the performers merge with the fascinating 3D animations on the big-screen projection and become part of the complex, poetic play of colors and shapes.

// AUTOPOIESIS //

With its epic multimedia performance AUTOPOIESIS Jay Data’s ELEKTRO BODY FORCE explores the phenomenon of self-organization of matter in the Universe. The electro-soundtrack to the overwhelming, poetic visuals is performed live by the mysterious, masked “funky futurist” Jay Data and ilustrated by the humanoid dancer Anja Sputnik. The performers merge with the fascinating 3D animations on the large screen projection and become part of the complex play of colors and shapes. “We are the universe experiencing itself.”

photo by Ingo Solms / theaterfotografie.koeln

photo by Ingo Solms / theaterfotografie.koeln

photo by Ingo Solms / theaterfotografie.koeln

“We are the universe experiencing itself.” Autopoiesis (2017-2018) is a poetic multimedia video performance for a musician and a dancer, electroluminescent wires, and a KORG electribe 2 Synthesizer Groovebox playing electronic live music in front of a gigantic video projection. Created by Jay Data and Anja Sputnik, Autopoiesis is a work that shows the fascinating story of existence and the evolution of life and conciousness into ever more complex forms of self-organization and reliable self-reproduction (see autopoiesis concept by Maturana/Varela).
It is also a document of the scientific and spiritual discussions between the two authors about the evolution of life and matter, biology, astrophysics and the beginning of the universe. It is the creative result of watching countless documentaries about these topics. It is a poetic attempt of science communication.
The piece consists of five acts, each presenting a phase of the cosmic evolution: matter, life, awareness, civilization and space exploration. The performers merge with the epic visuals illuminating the darkness and becoming one with the screen. The visuals are enhanced by the semi-improvised dance choreography by Anja and the funky space electro soundtrack that was composed for the video and is performed live by the “funky futurist” Jay Data (inspired by Electro acts as Kraftwerk, Cybotron, Anthony Rother). Jay is pushing buttons and turning knobs of his electribe synthesizer groovebox creating uplifting rhythms and melodies as Anja responds to the music with her intricate dance moves.
A poetic and powerful gesamtkunstwerk taking the viewer onto a fascinating cosmic trip, inspired by the multimedia performances of Kraftwerk and Laurie Anderson. Autopoiesis was performed in 2018 at the fünfzehnminuten festival for theatrical performance, music and video at the studiobühne theatre Cologne, Germany. It is part a series with the collective’s other shows: DATA and NBIC.

// DATA //

In 2017 Jay Data’s ELEKTRO BODY FORCE reflect the aesthetics of big data with its epic multimedia performance DATA.
Live-generated electro-bass tracks generated live with the synthesizer meet overwhelming, poetic visuals. The performers merge with the futuristic 3D animations on the large-screen projection and become part of the immeasurable, global data stream. The mysterious, masked “funky futurist” Jay Data collaborates again with the mysterious, humanoid dancer Anja Sputnik.

Jay Data (ELEKTRO BODY FORCE) from Cologne, Germany composes and performs his ecstatic and fluffy electronic dance music (90s house, Detroit techno & Kraftwerk electro) dressed in white and ultra-mobile, with his attached KORG Electribe 2 Groovebox (KORG EMX2).
As a trained musicologist he teaches online Skype lessons on how to compose and perform electronic dance music with the KORG electribe 2 production station.
As an urban guerilla performer and electronic street musician, he is seen at open-air events, street parties, festivals, exhibitions and music video shoots in urban nature and industrial wastelands. He performs either solo as Jay Data or together with his collective ELEKTRO BODY FORCE and its epic multimedia performance.